David Letterman at last year’s 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony Ilya S. Savenok / Getty In a new Q&A appearing on Vulture.com, former late night guru David Letterman (who’s in full-on Santa Claus mode—will you look at that beard?) talked about what he’d ask if he still had a show and was given the chance […]
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Live from the Lake Oswego “March 4 Trump” Protest (and Counter-Protest)
Doug Brown Our Doug Brown is at the Lake Oswego “March 4 Trump” rally, which has been a source of contention from both within and without for the last week. The rally was originally co-organized by Lake Oswego businessman Kevin “The Geek” Kerwin who was later ostracized by organizer Carol Pressnall Leek because of several […]
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This Weekend’s RESISTANCE & SOLIDARITY Events: Including the “March 4 Trump” Counter-Protest
Doug Brown Looking to do a little #RESISTING this weekend? Check out these events. FRIDAY, MARCH 3 De Colores Cabaret Intersectional feminists rejoice: There’s a sexy new variety revue in town that is fighting invisibilization and colonized standards of beauty at once! De Colores Cabaret is a production by local burlesque performer Ruby Rounds that […]
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Looking to Understand the Mind of Steve Bannon? Watch His Documentaries
Well before the National Day of Patriotic Devotion, on which the 45th president’s inauguration was cheered by a crowd of dozens of admirers, it had become clear that despite his mortifying inventory of moral, ethical, and verbal deficiencies, Donald Trump was only the second-worst thing about the Trump administration. Steve Bannon is the latest and […]
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Jeff Sessions Lied Under Oath
You know how every time you say, “They impeached Bill Clinton for a blowjob,” the nearest rightwinger insists that, no, they impeached Bill Clinton for lying under oath. Well, now the GOP has a chance to prove that it was the lying under oath and not the blowjob. VOX: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, under oath […]
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A Review of Trump’s First Address to Congress: A Fruit Loop Necklace of Nonsensical Words
This really happened. Getty Images “He’s getting great reviews,” Wolf Blitzer said on CNN after Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday. I suppose this makes my review a hot take. To treat Trump’s presidency fairly is to view it as a kind of performance art; it’s not to judge Trump’s speeches on the content, but […]
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Resistance Events for the Week of March 1–7
Resistance events for the week of March 1–7.
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Don’t Worry! No “Open Carry” at the “March 4 Trump” Rally! (They’ll Conceal Their Weapons Instead.)
Attendance for the upcoming March 4 Trump rally is picking up steam with 283 supporters of the president pledging to attend the event. This could partially be because the event’s former co-organizer, Kevin “The Geek” Kerwin, was told he was no longer welcome thanks to the revelation of several racist/misogynist posts on Facebook and Twitter. […]
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Dan Savage Went To Austria to Escape the U.S., But It Was Still Trump Time, All the Time
I‘m walking through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on the last day of January, looking for someplace to get tea. I realize my dark-blue passport is still in my hand. I slide it into my pocket. I’m not embarrassed to be an American. But right now, at this particular moment in history, I am embarrassed for […]
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Pinky vs. the Brain: Bill Nye Valiantly Tries to Explain Climate Change to Tucker Carlson
Yesterday Bill Nye (American hero and “Science Guy”) had a Facebook Live chat to discuss climate change with Bernie Sanders. Later he tried to have a similar discussion with Tucker Carlson of Fox News—and as you can imagine, Nye had a rougher go at it, thanks largely to constant interrupting and an overabundance of obstinance […]
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SNOWFLAKE DRAMA: Lake O “March 4 Trump” Organizer Decides Not to “March 4 Trump”
Kevin “the Geek” Kerwin, one of the main organizers of the upcoming controversial “March 4 Trump” rally, is pulling back his support for the march, according to his recent post on Facebook: So what caused the split with the “March 4 Trump” organization? Kerwin’s racist Facebook posts, according to organizer Carol Pressnall Leak. From the […]
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Innocent Bystander Hit by Car at Lake O Trump Protest; Trump Supporters Blame the Victim
Here’s the local story that just keeps on giving: Last week we told you about a “March 4 Trump” rally planned by Lake Oswego business owner Kevin “The Geek” Kerwin, which led to news of a counter protest for that same day, and then the revelation that Kerwin posted some very racist and misogynist messages […]